A61F 2/1654
Diffractive lenses
Official title: {Diffractive lenses}
A61F2/1654 (Diffractive lenses) appears on 323 US grants and 413 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 323
- Published applications
- 413
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 326
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 5 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 14 |
| 2010 | 3 | 16 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13 |
| 2013 | 14 | 11 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 |
| 2015 | 9 | 17 |
| 2016 | 12 | 17 |
| 2017 | 15 | 31 |
| 2018 | 15 | 26 |
| 2019 | 25 | 30 |
| 2020 | 23 | 22 |
| 2021 | 20 | 39 |
| 2022 | 25 | 20 |
| 2023 | 23 | 31 |
| 2024 | 22 | 24 |
| 2025 | 21 | 19 |
| 2026 | 17 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Intraocular lenses for presbyopia treatment22 Sep 2026US 12,740,855 B2AMO Groningen B. V.
- Intraocular lens15 Sep 2026US 12,734,027 B2Microport Visionpower Medtech (Shanghai) Co.Ltd
- Diffractive eye lens1 Sep 2026US 12,721,721 B2Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Ophthalmic lens and method for designing an ophthalmic lens25 Aug 2026US 12,717,167 B2Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
- Intraocular lens (IOL) based on metasurface16 Jun 2026US 12,653,664 B2Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy Of Sciences
- Lenses having diffractive profiles with irregular width for vision treatment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283787 A1AMO Groningen B. V.
- Lenses changing optical performance in response to an accommodative stimulus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215909 A1AMO Groningen B. V.
- Diffractive lenses with diffractive order shift30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215910 A1AMO Groningen B. V.
- A synergistic pair of multifocal diffractive ocular lenses30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219515 A1VSY Biyoteknoloji ve Ilac Sanayi A.S.
- Multifocal diffractive intraocular lens with improved design freedom2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186325 A1Alcon Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical lens for correcting astigmatism451US 5,016,977 AEssilor International-Compagnie Generale · 1991
- Switchable lens347US 5,712,721 AThe Technology Partnership PLC · 1998
- Intraocular lens345US 4,787,903 A1988
- Multifocal diffractive ophthalmic lenses326US 5,229,797 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1993
- Accommodating multifocal intraocular lens234US 6,503,276 B2Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. · 2003